Alicia Clancy has been promoted to senior editor at Lake Union Publishing. Simon & Schuster Children’s has announced the expansion and reorganization of the digital marketing department, creating dedicated teams aligned with their social verticals. In the teen category, Emily Ritter has been promoted to senior manager, digital & social marketing, and Annika Voss to digital & social marketing associate. In kids’ books, Kate Bouchard has been promoted to digital & social marketing associate. Yasleen Trinidad will join in the newly created position of associate content manager, digital marketing. Ebony LaDelle has been promoted to director, marketing at Harper Children’s, continuing to […]
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Time to Vote
It is your right and your responsibility to vote, and people across the spectrum seem to agree that this is a critical election for our nation. The pandemic has made voting more complicated than ever, and many factors have made voting more time-consuming than ever. With early voting now underway in almost every state, we asked a variety of companies of scale in our industry from around the country about their policies to provide employees paid time off to participate. In addition, some companies also told us about special policies for volunteering to work the polls — “for which there […]
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Jenny Jackson has been promoted to vice president, executive editor at Knopf. Weslie Turner has joined Versify as senior editor. Turner was previously associate editor at Imprint. Patrik Bass has been promoted to executive editor at Amistad. Tiffany Shelton has joined Amazon Publishing as acquisitions editor for Little A and Skyscape. She was previously at St. Martin’s. Allie Merola has been promoted to assistant editor at Viking Penguin. Olga Filina, Ali McDonald, and Cassandra Rodgers have left The Rights Factory to launch a new literary agency, with details to follow. Shira Schindel has joined Blackstone as head of content acquisitions. She was […]
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At Avid Reader Press, Carolyn Kelly has been promoted to assistant editor. Morgan Hoit becomes marketing manager. Kimberly Carlton has been promoted to acquisitions editor at Harper Christian. Ariele Fredman has been promoted to senior associate director of publicity at Atria. Jasmine Faustino is leaving Macmillan after 16 years, most recently at Macmillan Podcasts and Flatiron, to become a managing editor at Pushkin Industries. At Simon & Schuster, Rachel Berquist has been promoted to adult library marketing coordinator; Amy Beaudoin to children’s library marketing manager; Amanda Livingston to children’s library marketing coordinator; Saimah Haque to director of advertising & paid digital media; […]
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Lane Zachary will join Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents, continuing to represent many of her current clients as well as new writers of literary fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction. At Simon & Schuster, Sienna Farris will take the new position of vp, director of multicultural marketing, serving as “a company-wide, senior marketing expert and champion for our multicultural publishing,” reporting to Liz Perl. At Random House Children’s, Alison Stoltzfus has been promoted to senior director, publishing, for Princeton Review and Sylvan Learning. Suzanne Lee has joined the art department as designer, moving over from Princeton Review and Sylvan Learning. Larsson […]
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Beth Meacham, executive editor at Tor/Tom Doherty Associates will retire at the end of the year. She joined Tor as editor-in-chief in 1984. President and publisher Fritz Foy writes, “We’re delighted that Beth will continue to edit a small number of projects for us on a consulting basis. But most of her list will be moving to other editors as she prepares for her retirement.” Rob Dawson has launched Books to Market Canada, providing sales, marketing and distribution solutions for publishers. He was previously managing director at Georgetown Publications. Bennet Johnson has joined Sourcebooks as marketing specialist. Robin Robertson, associate […]